Mentioning
Lido the other day and not having the Wild West figures to hand, we'll have a quick look at the GI's. As I was late to large scale collecting (figures not info) I only have three originals, but because I'm known for the collecting of small scale Hong Kong stuff, good chaps like
Trevor Rudkin,
Gareth Morgan and
Peter Evans who previously saved the small ones for me have now developed a tendency to pass-on HK tat (thankfully) in the 45/50mm range as well, along with bigger ones in the odd mixed lot, this has led to a shot with most of the poses, just not all
Lido originals...
...or at least; nine out of ten of the commoner ones - according to
Kent Sprecher's experience! I'm missing the crouching ex-
Marx officer and if you follow the link you'll find the other five poses - one or two of which I may have in the mixed, base-less,
Marx or 'might be
Marx' box!
The originals are tagged '1' in the three corners, 2 are the nearest copies, being slightly smaller pantographs, 3 have lost detail and been given new helmet nets, 4 is a crappy thing that won't even stand-up and 5...well he's the business!
He's the only one I've got, so I'm guessing/supposing either Christmas crackers or gum-balls, usually if they came as rack toys they turn up in larger numbers or more frequently, One found in fifty-years suggests they (he? It may have been the only pose so pirated) were thin on the ground from the get-go. We will be looking at the commoner
Marx HK small scale shortly.
A bag of type 2's which
Gareth sent my way the other day to share with you, there's an opaque sticker over the old price (on both sides of the card), which I think is in cents, so imports of imports, and late 1960's?
A right old mix branded to
Petrel here, mid '70's I'd say; I think - from the belt/water bottle detailing - that these are the ones I've tagged type 3, and come with two out-of-scale vehicles and a piracy of the
Action Man/GI Joe binoculars!
Does anyone know if the other two poses are 'from' anyone or just cut-and-shuts of the one on the left? I think the card-art will reappear on the blog as I'm pretty sure it was used on more consistently 'small scale' set contents.
2 comments:
On the Petrel Card, the middle figure with both hands holding a machine gun is taken from an early Timmee pose - you will find the original pictured at ToysoldierHQ
You will find everything at TSHQ!!
Cheers Dan...They both look familiar, but you can never keep it all in your brain...I though of Bergan/Beton for the other one, but theirs is similar to the middle one two but more bent arms...Tim Mee is the one!
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